Division I Men

LSM Rielly Scores Winner for Hofstra vs. Harvard

from press release

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Freshman long-stick middie
Ryan Rielly's first college goal with 6:52 to play in the fourth
quarter snapped a 6-6 tie and gave the Hofstra Pride a 7-6 victory
over the 15th-ranked Harvard Crimson at Soldiers Field Saturday
afternoon. The Pride, who snapped a two-game losing skid, improve
to 2-2 on the season while the Crimson fell to 2-1.

Freshman Tyler Begley tallied two goals while juniors Ian
Braddish and Adrian Sorichetti each added a goal and an assist to
lead the Pride. Sophomores Steve DiGiovanni andLance Yapor also
added goals for Hofstra. Senior Andrew Gvozden recorded 13 saves in
the Pride goal for his second win of the season.

Harvard was led by senior Jeff Cohen, who tallied three goals
and one assist. Kevin Vaughan, freshman Sean Mahon and Eric
Slingerland also tallied goals for the Crimson. Junior Harry
Krieger stopped 10 shots in the Harvard cage.

Rielly, a native of East Northport, New York, took a pass from
classmate Steve Romano near midfield, went down the middle and
fired a bullet past Harvard goalie Harry Krieger for the
game-winner. The goal came just 42 seconds after the Crimson tied
the game on a similar fast-break off a turnover that led to an Eric
Slingerland goal with 7:34 to play.

"I am so happy for our guys getting this win today," Pride Coach
Seth Tierney commented. "To come up here and get a win against a
very good Harvard team is special. We worked hard as a team. Our
first three goals were by a freshman and a sophomore and another
freshman (Rielly) scored the game-winner. So we are growing up a
bit but we have more work to do to get ready for Notre Dame next
week."

The Pride scored the first three goals of the game to take a 3-0
advantage 8:10 into the contest. Freshman Tyler Begley opened the
scoring 2:56 into the contest, scooping up a loose ball near the
crease and beating Krieger for the first goal of his college
career. Begley would make it 2-0 almost five minutes later, taking
a short drop off pass from Braddish and scoring from eight yards.
Just 48 seconds later, DiGiovanni scored on a runner down the right
alley for a 3-0 lead. It was his second goal of the year.

Harvard got on the board with 1:24 to play in the quarter as
Mahon took a pass from Keegan Michel and fired a high laser from
the left side. But the Pride erased that goal just six seconds into
the second quarter when John Antoniades won the face-off, fed
senior Mike DeNapoli, who passed to Yapor for his ninth goal of the
year and a 4-1 lead.

But Cohen scored back-to-back goals 2:06 apart to bring the
Crimson back to within one at 4-3 with 7:34 to play in the half.
Hofstra's Adrian Sorichetti scored his seventh goal of the year
with 1:42 to play in the quarter only to see Cohen get the
hat-trick for Harvard, on a pass from behind the cage from Carl
Zimmerman, with just four seconds remaining in the half to close
the gap to 5-4.

Harvard tied the game just 2:14 into the third quarter as
Vaughan scored coming from behind the goal. But the Pride regained
the lead four minutes later when Braddish took a pass from
Sorichetti in the middle of the box and fired a high bullet past
Krieger for a 6-5 lead. The Crimson tied the game at 6-6 on
Slingerland's fast-break goal with 7:34 to play in the game.

Harvard outshot the Pride, 31-25 and picked up 20 ground balls
to Hofstra's 18. The Pride won the battle at the face-off X as
junior John Antoniades won nine of the 17 face-offs in the
contest.